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Swinger Trailer

I just bought a swinger 1k and would love to see what your trailers look like. Can you PM me pictures or post some pictures of them so I can get one built. If you have a set of drawings or a place on the west coast that made yours and can make mine please let me know.

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I ended up buying one of these in a 14+4. http://www.loadtrail.com/detail.cfm?...hannel%20Frame
Not so much because it's ideal for trailering a Swinger but because it is pretty versatile to use for a lot of things and you can even carry some pallets in front of the machine if need be. It's $1,000 less than the ones that A&O sell and it has two 7,000 lb. axles instead of 1 8,000 lb. axle. Of course the big trade off is its a bit oversized.

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Ok, very good. I have been curious if I could build a three axle fifth wheel trailer and use it with a one ton or perhaps f-450 f-550 truck and carry pallatized bees AND a swinger or hummer bee type forklift.

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Originally Posted by Steves1967

Ok, very good. I have been curious if I could build a three axle fifth wheel trailer and use it with a one ton or perhaps f-450 f-550 truck and carry pallatized bees AND a swinger or hummer bee type forklift.

I have come to the conclusion that it is a good idea to always have an extra axle. Aside from the cost of tires, i have never found a downside to having the extra capacity. Sure, it's overkill most of the time, but I like not having to really be concerned with overloading a trailer.

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Eastside I had a trailer made in Los Banos Ca. a shop their makes them they are mostly 2 axles and built to you swinger. I had mine built there and have been pleased with it it tows easily and backs up good it is easy to turn around in tight spaces I use a 1 tom chevy with 12 ft bed can haul 80 hives. So if you are interested you can contact me for a phone number to the shop.

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Can someone PM me a picture of a purpose built Swinger trailer. Maybe the generic one is what people have built but, I think there are ones built especially for the Swingers. (And yes I know it is a funny word, just do a Google for swingerforklift.com)

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Something you may want to have on the trailer is electric over Hydraulic brakes. I had several trailers with the normal trailer brakes that wear out quickly. The E/H brake trailers are going 50m plus miles be fore needing Maintenance

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EastSideBuzz here are pictures of my trailer, starting from the front two views one standing back the other up close so you can see the tongue is adjustable then moving around the left side you can see how compact the trailer is (the one thing I would change is a little more space between the tires) we used torsion axles I would also put brakes on both axles and we used electric brakes works just fine.Then we move to the rear and you can see the ramps which drop down then when you load you back up and settle into the places for the tires to set then you lift the ramps up and they lay on your tires then you lower your forks down on them help to lock fork lift in place the last picture shows the bed of trailerit is open so mud will fall off. You asked how much it cost well what I spent was about 7 years ago or longer I am sure the cost has risen sense so you have to ask the for them to give you a estimate. Mine cost less than 5,000 back then. The place that did the work was in Los Banos, Ca. Heppner Precision Machine phone 209 826 6404. I cannot load pictures here but if you send me a PM with e-mail address I will reply with the pictures there. Tom